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M. SEIF'ERT.

. CORSET FASTENING. 7 No. 355,220. Patented Dec. 28, 1886'.

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' MORITZ SEIFERT, or reasons, SAXONY, GERMANY.

CORSET-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,220, dated December 28, 1886.

' Application filed December 21, 1885. Serial No. 18 ,259. (No model.)

.T all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that -I, Monirz SEiFERT, of Dresden, in the Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire, have invented an Improvement in Fastenings for Corsets and other Garments, of which the following is a specification.

The fastening devices heretofore generally in use consist of two steels attached to the edges of the corset, one of which steels has upon it buttons or studs, and the other is provided with loops to hook over the buttons. These are objectionable, because they do not conform to the axial line of the body, and do not apply a uniform pressure one upon the other throughout their length.

My present invention is made for obviating the beforenamed difficulties by combining two bent springs, with their convex sides brought together and secured, so that they bear firmly one upon the other throughout their entire length, thus keeping the edges of the corset or garment to which they are attached firmly closed.

In the drawings; Figure 1 is an edgewise view of the two steelsmade use of by me previous to claspin g them together. Fig. 2 shows the said steels as clasped together, and Fig.

3 is a front view of the steels as clasped together.

The steel a is wider than the steel 0, and it is also longer, and upon the steel a, near the ends thereof, are loops 0 cl, and this steel a is bent to a bow shape, as seen in Fig. 1.

Thesteel bis made with tongues near the ends to be entered beneath or within the loops 0 d, and this steel 1) is curved or bow-shaped in the opposite direction to the steel a,- hence when the tongues at the ends of the steel 1) are slipped into the respective loops to, connect the two steels together the steels are more nearly straight, as seen in Fig. 2. The steel or busk a, being the widest, exerts the greatestelastic force; hence the are formed by the two steels when put together is flattened, and the weaker husk or steel 1) is bent in the opposite direction to that shown in Fig. 1, and

presses tightly against the steel a.

In order to aid in holding the busks a and I) together a'button, m, may be provided on the busk or steel a and an eye through the steel 1). This is especially useful in first connecting the two busks together previous to hooking the ends into the respective loops.

It will be apparent that when these busks or fastenings are connected to the edges of the corset, Waist, dress, or other garment and fastened together upon the body, such busk-s tend to assume and correspond with the center line of the body, because one steel lies upon the other, and the spring of the steel tends to press the surfaces into intimate contact, so that they lie closely one upon the other.

I do not'claim the steels lying one upon the other and having connections at the ends. In consequence of using two steels, one stronger than the other and both convex or bow-shaped, the convex surfaces being placed together, they press upon each other throughout their length,

even after both steels have assumed the curvaand press against each other throughout their length, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MORITZ SEIFERT. Witnesses:

PAUL DRUoKiiLLER, WI HELM WREsENHiiTTEN. 

